Blacklick Valley El Ctr

Blacklick Valley El Ctr is an elementary school of compact scale in Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania, part of Blacklick Valley SD, caters to 316 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Blacklick Valley El Ctr sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Blacklick Valley SD, which oversees 2 schools and 584 students, Blacklick Valley El Ctr is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Blacklick Valley El Ctr records that nearly all students (93%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 3% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Blacklick Valley El Ctr lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Blacklick Valley El Ctr tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 104% of students at Blacklick Valley El Ctr qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Cambria County's rate of about 73%.

With demographic context factored in, Blacklick Valley El Ctr tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.2%.

Around the school, census data for Cambria County shows median household earnings sit near $58,418, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Cambria County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,789 students), of which Blacklick Valley El Ctr is one.

Nearest neighbor: Blacklick Valley JSHS, around 0.4 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Blacklick Valley El Ctr comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 55.9%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Blacklick Valley El Ctr has declined 17%, going from 379 students in 2018 to 316 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.